Apple will integrate Alibaba’s AI in iPhones in China, says President Joe Tsai

Alibaba group President Joe Tsai confirmed Thursday that the company was associating with Apple To implement the AI ​​for iPhones sold in China, speaking at the Summit of the World Government in Dubai.

“(Apple) spoke with several companies in China, and in the end, they chose to do business with us. They want to use our AI to feed their phones,” Tsia said.

The association was first informed by the news organization centered the information on Tuesday, which caused a leap in the actions of Alibaba and Apple.

Alibaba’s shares, included in Hong Kong, increased on Thursday to reach their highest level since 2022 during the intra -session before exceeding the profits, lasted 2.5%.

The announcement could provide clarity about Apple’s strategy in China, which helped better address the growing competition such as iPhone The market share is erodes in the world’s smartest smartphone market.

While national rivals like Huawei have Characteristics of promoted On its devices since last year, Apple has Called status About his’Apple intelligence‘Push on the market, despite the plans to launch this fall in the United States.

Apple Intelligence is the Cupertino -based company plan to carry AI through its devices, with an improved version of its Siri voice assistant, as well as characteristics that automatically organize emails and transcribe and summarize the audio.

Analysts have told CNBC that Apple’s deployment in China has probably stagnated due to strict rules of China on technology.

Beijing has promulgated several regulations on AI in recent years with some of the rules that require large language models to obtain the approval of commercial use. The generative suppliers of IA are also responsible for eliminating the “illegal” content.

However, Tsai said Thursday that the Alibaba association could offer Apple a local partner to help navigate in the regulatory environment and locate its AI.

– Anniek Bao of CNBC contributed to this report.